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Technology: Will Ringing Bells broach a Freedom 251?
- Updated: July 8, 2016
Noida-based tech organisation Ringing Bells, that ran into debate after announcing a Rs 251 phone 5 months back, claimed it will start shipping a world’s cheapest smartphone labelled Rs 251 (hence a name) from currently i.e. Friday, Jul 8.
The Freedom 251 smartphone
But a doubt is: will they keep their word? A demeanour during a central website of a organisation doesn’t seem to enthuse too most confidence. It doesn’t discuss any sum per their underline product, in fact it’s not even shown on a homepage.
What a user will get if he/she logs in is sum per 4 new underline phones in a operation of Rs 699-999 and twin bill Android smartphones that are labelled between Rs 3,999 and Rs 4,499. ‘Elegance 4G’ a phone costing Rs 4,499 has been prominently featured on a website. It also denounced 3 energy banks, and a 31.5-inch HD LED TV labelled during Rs 9,900 that will be launched on Aug 15. (Click here to perspective a central Ringing Bells website)
Ringing Bells had final month settled that it will start deliveries for 2 lakh handsets from Jun 30 initially, afterwards mentioned 10,000 inclination will be given to business in 19 states, and has now brought it down to 5,000 devices. The company’s executive Mohit Goel, who had final week settled that his association will shortly start shipping 200,000 smartphones to buyers picked by lottery, pronounced deliveries will start on Friday, Jul 8.
Goel combined a initial collection of 5,000 ‘Freedom 251′ inclination will be out for smoothness from Jul 8 and buyers will have to compensate Rs 291, including Rs 40 as smoothness charges.
He had formerly settled that Ringing Bells faced Rs 930 detriment on any phone, that cost Rs 1,180 and a tools were alien from Taiwan. He had claimed that Rs 700-800 will be recovered from app developers and announcement revenue.
When a phone was announced in February, about 30,000 people paid in allege for engagement a phone and over 7 crore people purebred for it, that is homogeneous to a phones Samsung and Apple sell in an whole year.
The Freedom 251 handset has 1GB RAM, 8 GB inner memory, 3.2 megapixel categorical camera and 0.3 mp front camera, 1.3 Ghz quad core processor, 1,450 mAH battery and twin sim slot.
Ringing Bells claims to have invested about Rs 80 crore in business. Of this, it has collected Rs 40 crore from distributors, 33 per cent from interest sale to partners who are convention a phones and LED TV, and a rest from inner resources.
- With inputs from agencies
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